Cart handle cover system
a technology of handle cover and handle, which is applied in the field of cart handle cover system, can solve the problems of contaminated native and imported vegetables, increased risk of potential contamination of shopping cart handles in grocery stores, and increased risk of contamination by potentially dangerous pathogenic microorganisms
Inactive Publication Date: 2007-05-29
STRINGER CLAUDE A
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"The present invention is a cart handle cover system that provides a convenient and low-cost way to protect shopping cart handles from cross-contamination. The system includes a dispenser with a roll of cart handle covers that can be easily dispensed and applied to the handle of a shopping cart. The covers are made from a continuous strip of cover material with adhesive applied to the back, and are releasably adhered to a backing material. The system also includes rod support members and a roll support rod for easy installation and use. The covers are easy to apply and remove, and can be carried handily in a purse or the like. The system can be utilized by retail stores to show their interest in providing a safe, healthy environment for shopping, and to recover costs or profit from providing individual sanitary cart handle covers for customers."
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Infants and young children are especially at risk for contamination as they are placed in the seat of the shopping cart.
The risk for potential contamination from shopping cart handles in grocery stores is further increased.
Because of lapses in adherence to farming standards and because such standards can be lower in other countries, native and imported vegetables can be contaminated with potentially dangerous pathogenic microorganisms.
Thus, the risk of infectious contamination from shopping cart handles is an increasing concern to both retail stores and to their patrons.
This however, would be an unrealistic solution, as several customers handle each of the store's scores of shopping carts daily.
To implement such a sanitation program would be costly and time-consuming for the store.
This option is inconvenient for shoppers.
While a shopper could wear gloves to protect himself from the cart handle, this would be inconvenient, costly, and would not prevent a child from teething on or otherwise contacting as exposed handle.
However, such covers do not provide for convenient dispensing of the covers that will ensure that a cover is always available when shopping.
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[0035]FIGS. 1-8 illustrate embodiments of the present invention. In such embodiments, a cart handle cover system 10 includes a roll 20 of cart handle covers 30 contained within a dispenser 50 for dispensing the covers 30 from the roll 20. One or more rolls 20 of covers 30 are rotatingly positioned about a roll support rod 70 inside the dispenser 50. The dispenser 50 includes a dispensing slot 55 near the top 52 on one side 53 of the dispenser 50. When the roll 20 of covers 30 is advanced through the dispensing slot 55, a user can peel one of the covers 30 from the roll 20 for application to a cart handle. In this manner, a sanitary barrier for protecting customers' hands from potential contaminants on a shopping cart handle can be conveniently provided to customers in a retail store.
[0036]As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, embodiments of a cart handle cover system 10 can include a plurality of cart handle covers 30 formed from a continuous strip of cover material 40. The cover material 40 h...
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A cart handle cover system includes a roll of cart handle covers contained within a dispenser for dispensing the covers from the roll. One or more rolls of covers are rotatingly positioned about a roll support rod inside the dispenser. The dispenser includes a dispensing slot near the top on one side of the dispenser. When the roll of covers is advanced through the dispensing slot, a user can peel one of the covers from the roll for application to a cart handle. Accordingly, a sanitary barrier for protecting customers' hands from potential contaminants on a shopping cart handle can be conveniently provided to customers in a retail store.
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COPYRIGHT NOTIFICATION[0001]A portion of the disclosure of this patent document and its attachments contain material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent files or records, but otherwise reserves all copyrights whatsoever.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a cart handle cover system. An embodiment of the present invention includes a roll of cart handle covers adapted to be dispensed from a dispenser to conveniently provide a sanitary barrier for protecting customers' hands from potential contaminants on a shopping cart handle.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Much of the public shops at retail stores, such as grocery stores and discount stores, where shopping carts are used. The handle of a shopping cart is typically tubular in shape and made from a metal or plastic. The shop...
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IPC IPC(8): B65H75/02
CPCB65D83/0805B65D85/672B62B5/069
InventorSTRINGER, CLAUDE A.
OwnerSTRINGER CLAUDE A